Acupuncture for chronic low back pain in older patients: A randomized, controlled trial

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1508-1517

  Meng, C F ^e   Wang, D ^c   Ngeow, J ^a   Lao, L ^d   Peterson, M ^b   Paget, S ^e  

^a Pain Management/Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Chronic low back pain; Elderly patients; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FRACTURE; STANDARD; STOMACH FUNCTION DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344668704     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg405     Document Type: Article

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